Combined paper head covering and fan



Patented Jan. 14, 1.930

noscoE A. coNKLIN, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS COMBINED PAPER HEAD COVERING ANDFAN Application filed January 14, 1929. Serial N'o. 332,285.

The invention relates to a novelty made of paper or analogous materialinto the forrn of a combined head covering or cap for the head andadapted to be used also without substantial modification as a fan.

The primary obJect of the invention is to provide an improved noveltywhich may be made cheaply from paper'or analogous material and used as ahead covering or head decoration, especially when made of decor ated orhighly colored or multi-colored material.

It is a'further object of the invention to provide a paper novelty whichmay be made cheaply of highly colored or 1nulti-colored paper stock fordecorative eects and which may have combined utilitarian functions whenused as a hand fan or as a head covering, and particularly for use as acovering or protective device for hats Worn either by men or women.

Other objects of the invention will ap-pear from the followingdescription of the preferred embodiment of the same as depicted in thedrawing, which forms a part of the specification, the novel features ofthe invention being set forth in the appended claims.

In the said drawings- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the preferred form of thedevice.

Fig. 2 illustrates the device of Fig. l when it is given the form of afan.

Fig. 3 is a perspective illustrative view designed to show the generalappearance of the device in its most compactly folded form fortransportation and distribution and when not in use either as a headcovering or a fan.

, Figs. 4 and 5, respectively, indicate the manner in which the deviceof Fig. 1 may be expanded into a head covering or a protec tive deviceadaptedto go over the hat of a man as a. protection therefor, asillustrated in Fig. 4, or used as a protecting device for the hat of awoman, as shown in Fig. 5.

The device of Fig. l is made of a sheet of paper of the rectangular formillustrated,

the sheet being double the width, as shown in Fig. 1, and foldedlongitudinally along the median line so that the two thicknesses ofmaterial will coincide perfectly. Thisputs the paper or other flexiblematerial in condition so that when folded along the lines of foldindicated by the drawings, Figs. 1 and 2, and also shown in Figs. 4 and5, the device may be opened up at the bottom to beused as a covering forthe hat of a man or woman. As illustrated in Fig. 1, it will beunderstood that the rectangular sheet shown and designated generally bythe reference character 10, comprises two thicknesses of paper obtainedby folding, preferably an integral sheet along the median linedesignated at 11, thus forming one of the side edges of the completedsheets, the reference character l2 designating the other of thelongitudinal edges where the two edges of the original sheet aresuperimposed. 13 and 14 designate the respective ends of the doubledsheet. These ends will, when the sheet is folded along the paralleltransverse lines of fold in the form of accordion pleating, the lines offold being designated by the parallel lines 15, produce a fan, which maybe expanded to a substantially semi-circumferential form, aS

illustrated in Fig. 2, the operator utilizing a portion of theunexpanded part, as designated at 16, Fig. 2, as a handle for the fan.Obviously, instead of folding an integral sheet along the line 11, thedevice may be made of two superimposed sheets of paper and pastedtogether, or otherwise secured along the longitudinal edge 11, which isintended Vto be the upper or top edge of the fan, when expanded to thesemi-circular form,

as illustrated in Fig. 2, or when expanded and utilized as a hat or headcovering as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The edges ofthe sheet, as designatedat 13 and 14, will also be suitably fastened together as by pasting orthey may be sewed if the material used is of a form which would permitsuitable stitching instead of pasting along the ends 13 and 14. Theedges of the material where they coincide, as indicated at the bottom ofthe device in Fig. 1, indicated by 12, will be unsecured so that when itis considered that the two thicknesses will be securedtogether eitherintegrally or by pasting kor sewing along the line 11 and at the ends 13and 14, the device willfbel seen to in the form of a bag i @n that .maybe 0' @eed .1.1101 To protect the lower edgesrof t e material, asindicated at 12, I prefer to add some sort of strengthening thickness,kwhich Vmight a Y reinforcement of a tough, thin, iiexible paper or evensome cloth.

Where it is desirableyvtolmake jthe device up as a novelty, it will havea more or less tmpcrary usaandunder SuchA circumstances, that, portionwhich .isdesinatedat the lower Vedge of thedevice ofFig.; 1 by referencecharacter 17 maycon'sist merely of tivothicknesses of` paper, that i sonethickness lof the stock itself, [and ,the :additional reinforcingmem-V ber, whi0h my .be on either side of the sheet.

I preferably perforate each of the vflutedfpar-v allel sections of. thesuperimposed sheetsas boundedby the linesof fold 15, these perfo- @Stl'foratiofstherein to register and th'eendfof vthe string maybe passedtherethrough,

tations being designated at' .18 and-extending through the paper stock,as well as through the reinforcing member.A

.Atthe middle of the bottom portion of the device .I reinforce theperforation in one `'sheet asdesignated by reference characterz19 inorder, to give lthis special strength. Then I thread a suitable stringor cord 2O through the perforations 18 and through lthe perfo.

rated. strengthening members 19 with` the ends depending like the 'endsof a shoe lace.A as shown in Fig. 1. In threading the cord 20'throu`ghthe perforations 18, .this should be done Iby threadingthe cord throughthe 'entire circumference of :the device, both free endspassingoutwardly `through the perfo- 'rated strengthening member 19. Thework of threading the cord through the perforations 18 may be expeditedby vslightly sepa- 'r'atiifig'the upper and lower sheets and fold`iiiited parallel sections 15, which will cause the V'p'erforations 18 toregister with eta Then the process of folding the f'Sheet tvhicliisopposed to the Vone having vthe g'thfening portion 1 9V `Will cause ytherp'er'- ,bri'gin'g it tb the opposite end of theV device, where the cordwill :be passed through the perforations :18 alternatelyfrom .oneside'to the other yof fthe sheet the manner/'illustrated in Fig., 1,when the free-end of the cord 'being thus threaded'will be finally drawnoutwardly through the strengthening portion 19 with the two free ends ofthe "tive figures.

cord projecting or depending'therefrom in the manner indicated in Fig.1.

It will be obvious that when the device is opened up like a bag or capat the bottoni, it may be caused to telescopev over the head of thewearer or used according to my pre` ferred mode of use as a protectivecovering for fragile hats of men or women, as straw hats of men and hatsformed of delicate fabrics and materials used for the headwear of Women.The draw cord 20, it will be. seen, will ifurnish a convenient means forcontracting the loiver periphery of the fcap-like device when it is inposition over the exterior `of a. hat, and being formed of flexiblepaper, it may be'drawn with any desired degree of tightness beneath 'the'rim or lower periphery It will be obvious that the device may also beused as va hat or cap' for decorative purposes at various socialfunctions where cheap paper head coverings are desired to be used.`

When the device is carefully made inthe manner indi/'cated inFigs.k1,2vand13 by tying the4 end s of the cord 20, as indicated in Fig.2, thecord may be utilized to hold the lower endof Ythe folded bodyofthe vdevice in condition to form a handle so that the upper portionmaybe expanded tothe substantially semi-circular or Vfan-like form, asindicated atOinFigQ. I A A The form of the device for Vtransportationand distribution prior to usage is illustrated generally in perspectivein Fig. 3 where the ,covering or to functionas a fan, I prefer that ythe exterior surface ofthe sheets, particularly i those portions thereofwhich are to be expanded into the semi-circular form, be suitablydecorated ywith highly coloreddecora- The readiness with which thedevice may beV converted from use asa fan to that of a temporary headcovering is` an important feature ofthe invention, since its use asahead covering will :be seen to be of importance in protecting delicateheadwear in cases of sud den precipitation of moisture andthe com-Ypactnes's'with which the device is initially distributed, as shown inFig. 3, makes it possible to carry the device readily even in a pocketWithout inconvenience.

device be intended foruse `as ahat'or head y It should be observed thatFig. 3 is merely an illustrative perspective view intended to show thegeneral appearance of the device when in the completely folded form fortransportation and distribution, it being resolved into a package in theform of a parallelepiped, the adjustable ends of t-he cord permittingthe lower end of the compact device to be wrapped so that the turns ofthe cord 20 may be disposed over a considerable portion of the lower endof the package, thus forming a convenient handle portion when the deviceis intended to be used as a fan, since that portion of the device abovethe wrapped handle portion may be readily expanded to the semicircularform or to any desired degree in the form of a sector of a circle afterthe removal of the retaining device 31. The view in Fig. 3 is intendedto represent only the compactly folded parallelepiped form of the deviceand this view is not intended accurately to represent the thickness ornumber of the combined folds lof the accordion pleating, whichobviously, will have half the total number of parallel sections asbounded by the lines of fold 15.

In Fig. 2 is also shown a slightly modified form of wrapping the handleportion 16 by the cord 20, the turns or convolutions of the cord beingbrought more closely together near the upper end of the designatedhandle portion, thus leaving the lower part of the handle portionunwrapped for part of its length and free to slightly expand, due to theinherent elastic tendency of the material to expand slightly where notconfined by the convolutions of the cord. Obviously, therefore, thedevice may be expanded to the fanlike from the general form of thepackage shown in Fig. 3 by the removal of the band 3l and expanding thatportion thereof to the approximately semi-circular form above thewrapping of the cord 20, the handle then A being substant-ially asillustrated in Fig. 3,

or, if desired, the user may, before expanding tothe fan-like form,arrange the turns of the cord 20 and retie the same to procure theyhandle effect with the slightly expanded lower end as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' l. A device formed of two thicknesses of thin flexible material ofsubstantially rectangular form, each of the two thicknesses of .thematerial being substantially (3o-extensive united, whereby the openingin the device when expanded to the form of a bag may be suitablyadjusted upon the head or hat of a wearer.

2. A device formed of two thicknesses of thin flexible material ofsubstantially rectangular form, each of the two thicknesses of thematerial being substantially co-extensive and being united along the twoparallel lateral edges and along one longitudinal edge to form astructure capable of being opened into a bag-like head or hat covering,each of the superposed thicknesses of the material in the closedposition being creased along parallel lines `of fold extending at rightangles to the open side of the device, whereby the device is capable ofbeing opened into abaglike form to serve as a hat or head covering orwhen pleated along said lines of fold the device may have theV majorportion thereof expanded to form a fan.

3. A device formed of two thicknesses of thin flexible material ofsubstantially rectangular form, each of the two thicknesses of thematerial being substantially co-extensive and being united along the twoparallel lateral edges and along one longitudinal edge to form astructure capable of being opened into a bag-like head or hat covering,each of the superposed thicknesses of the material in the closedposition being creased along parallel lines of fold extending at rightangles to the open side of the device, whereby the device is capable ofbeing opened -into a bag-like form to serve as a hat or head covering orwhen pleated along said lines of fold the device may have the majorportion thereof expanded to form a fan, and a draw string extendingperipherally around the edges of the material at the side thereof wherethe material is not united, whereby the openings in the device whenexpanded to the form of a bag may be suitably adjusted and secured uponthe head or hat of a wearer, said draw string also lengths at theextremities thereof to serve as a means for tying the folded pleatedends of having suliicient depending the device adjacent the normal openside in the closed position being creased along parallel lines of foldextending at right angles to the open side of the device to form pleats,each of said pleated sections being perforated, and a draw stringextending peripherally around the edges of the material at the sidethereof where the material is not longitudinal edge to form a structurecapable l eing yopened into a bag-like head or hat covering, eachof thethicknesses of the paper in the closed position `being creased alongparallel lines :of fold extendingat rightv angles to Vthe .open side ofthe device to form pleats, each of said pleated sections beingperforated, and a draw string extending peripheraly around the edges ofthe material at vthe side thereof where the material is Ynot united andbeing threaded through said perforationswhereby the opening in thedevice when expanded to forni a bag may be suitably controlled foradjustment uponthe head or hat of a wearer, the said draw string beingextended at its extremities to form protruding lengths for tying kthepleated and folded end of the `device adjacent the open side thereofforsecurement in transportation or to form a suitable handlewhenaportion of the device is expanded to a fan-like form. Y

6. A vdevice formed of twothicknesses of water-proof paper ofsubstantially rectangular form, each of the two thicknesses of the aperbeing substantially co-extensive and eing united -along the two lateraledges and along one longitudinal edge to form a structure .capable ofbeing opened into a bag-like head or hat covering, a reinforcing stripseseeured per-ipherally around the device at the longitudinal edgethereof which is .capable of being opened, each of the thicknesses ofthe material in the closed position including the reinforcing stripbeing creased along parallel `lines of fold extended at right angles tothe vopen side of the device, the pleated rectangular sections of thedevice being perforated at the reinforced edges of the device, and adraw-,string lextending peripheraly around the reinforced edges ofthematerial and being threaded through certain perforations whereby theopening in the device when expanded to the form of a bag may be suitablyadjusted upon the head or hat of a wearer.

7. A device formed of two thicknesses of fwaterproof paper ofsubstantially rectangular form, each of the twoy thicknesses of thepaper being substantially co-'extensive .and being united along the twolateral edges Aand along one longitudinal edge to form a structurecapable of being opened into a baglike head or hat covering, areinforcing strip secured peripherally around the device at the lonitudi-nal edgerthereof which is capable o being opened, each of thethicknesses of the material in rthe :closed position including thereinforcing strip being creased along parallel lines of fold extended`at right angles to theopen side of theld'ev'ice, .the pleatedrectangular sections of the device being g erfo- Viatedat the reinforcededges ofthe evice,

and a draw-string extending peripherally around the reinforced edges oflthe material andfbeing threaded through certain perforations wherebythe opening in the device whenrexpan'ded to the form of a bag may besuitablyadjnsted upon the =head or Ahat ofra wearer, the saiddraw-string being extended at its extremities to form protruding lengthsfor tying the pleated and folded end of the device adjacent the openside thereof for securement in transportation or to form a suitablehandle when a portion of the device is expanded to a fan-like for-m.

8. A device formed of ltwo thicknesses lof thin flexible water-proofmaterialof substantially rectangular form, each of the two f thicknessesof the material being substantially cosentensive and being united alonthe two lateral edges and .along one longitudinal edge to form astructure Vcapable of being opened into a bag-like head or hat covering,each of the two thicknesses of the material in the closed position beingcreased kalong parc allel lines of fold extending at right` angles tothe open side of the device, and adrawstr-ing extending peripherallyaround the y edges of the material at the side thereof where thematerial is not united, whereby the opening in the device when expandedto the form of a bag may be suitably adjusted upon the head or hat of awearer.

9. A device formed of tWo thicknesses of thin flexible water-proofmaterial of sugb-v stantially rectangular form, .each of the two each ofthe superposed thicknesses of the material in closed position beingcreased along parallel lines of fold extendng at right an gies to theopen side of the device, al supplemental strengthening thickness ofmaterial Vsecured to the longitudinal edges ofthe material at the sidewhere the material is not united, the material including thestrengthening material in each of the pleated rectangular sectionsadjacent the normal open side yof i thicknesses of the material being substantia'll the device being perforated, a draw-string extendingperipherally along the edges of the material and beinginserted through'said perforations whereby the opening in the device when expanded toform aY bag may be suitably adjusted upon 'the head or haty of. a

wearer, there being depending ends formed at the extremities of saiddraw-string where by the device in a folded form may be secured togetherfor transportation and the end 'thereof adjacent the normally open sidemay be secured to form the handle of a fan When a portion of the body ofthe device is expanded into a fan-like form, and supplementalstrengthening means secured to the material immediately surrounding theperforations Where the free depending ends of the drawstring passtherefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,v onthis 7th day of December A. D. 1928.

ROSCOE A. CONKLIN.

